Dan Barry(@DanBarryNYT):A New York Times correspondent filed his dispatch from the Battle of Gettysburg, then searched the hellscape for a particular Union soldier said to have had his leg blown off. His teenage son. My story, part of the 175th anniversary of The New York Times.

Dan Barry

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This truth is hard: Longtime writer for The New York Times. Books include "This Land: America, Lost and Found."

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Dan Barry@DanBarryNYT

2026.09.18 17:09

A New York Times correspondent filed his dispatch from the Battle of Gettysburg, then searched the hellscape for a particular Union soldier said to have had his leg blown off. His teenage son. My story, part of the 175th anniversary of The New York Times.